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If the weather is favourable there are prospects of salvaging the Dollar liner "President Hoover" which went aground off Holshito Island recently, according to Mr. T. B. Wilson, Manager of the local office of the Dollar Steamship Lines. Inc. who returned to Hong Kong yesterday after a visit to the wrecked ship.
"Hoover" Wreck
GALE STARTS
"The salvage crew commenced operations immediately and rig- ged two cables from the "Hoover": to the shore for the purpose of salvaging the mall and the bag- gage, and, if necessary, Ilves. A life boat was also being operated by hand ling between the ship and the shore. Things were progres- sing nicely and the weather was Mr. Wilson, together with Capt. comparatively calm until about TH. G. Brayfield left Hong Kong midnight, December
north-east gale began blowing and on Dec. 12. Mr. T. Bwan of the
terrific seas began pounding the Talkoo Dockyard and Capt. George Anderson, representing the US. "Hoover" each one of which seem- Salvage Association had left hereed to force her nearer the shore. carlier on the s.s. President Mc- Kinley.
17, when 1
CARGO AND MAIL. INTACT
"At the time I left the vessel on Wednesday morning. Dec. 21, the malls, baggage and the major portion of the cargo was still in- tact. The dining saloon and most of the cabins on the port side had suffered severe damage through the breaking of the port holes and The mail. consequent flooding. baggage and valuable cargo were being rapidly salvaged over the serial cables. Capt. George An- derson, who is an old ship mate of Capt. Yardley of the President "It seems incredible, but it is a Hoover, was standing by l an ad- fact, continued Mr. Wilson, "that visory capacity and rendering in- when these waves struck the off-valuable service. The utmost credit shore side of the vessel they hit
must be given to Lt. Com. Haight of the US.S. Alden and his crew. with such force that they sent a shower of tons of fuel oil-laden There is a very good chance that the vessel may eventually be sal- President; spray higher than the top mast of Plerce standing by to take off the the steamer. This terrific pound-vaged but this, of course, de- a large extent on the remainder of the crew and whating of the vessel during that night pends to weather." baggage and mail that had been salvaged. The US. destroyer Al- den, the Hosan Maru and a Japan- ese destroyer were also standing by ready to render what assistance might be necessary.
In an interview with ""The Dally Press" yesterday. Mr. Wilson said they anchored on the south side of the island in a sheltered bay and
the found there
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REPUBLICANS REJOICE Madrid. Dec. 24: Telegrams of congratulations been exchanged between the Republican Ministers and Generals and demonstrations of rejoleing have been arranged at Alicante, Barbastru and Albacete. celebrating the Republican victory at Teruel where the Republicans claim to be the undisputed mas- ters.
The National.at encircling move- ment is said to have failed and their columns are said to have been annihilated. Calm is said to pre- vall at Teruel following the cap- ture by the Republicans.
4,000 PRISONERS Barcelona, Dec. 24 More than 4.000 Nationalist soldiers have been taken prisoners during the past few days of fighting on the Teruel front according to an off- cial communique issued here last night.
LABOUR PARTY VISIT London, Dec. 24: Another party of about twenty Labour member
and the following morning result ed in her being driven high on the coral shelf with the result that her back is apparently broken and the huil has buckled in two or three places.
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TOLL OF THE ROAD
Weekly Accidents
Return
In the Colony of Hong Kong in- cluding the Island. Kowloon, and the New Territories during the week ending at 8 am on Satur- day. the 18th instant, there were altogether 49 traffic accidents, as the result of which two persons were killed and 16 persons were in- jured.
O: the persons killed, a Chinese boy, aged 5 years, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor lorry while running across the road.
A Chinese boy, aged 9 years, died from injuries received when he fell to the ground and was run over by a motor lorry while walking in the roadway.
Of the persons injured, 8 were pedestrians, who were either walk- ing or running across the road and were struck by vehicles.
Three bus passengers and two tram-car passengers were injured while alighting from moving motor | buses and tram-cars respectively.
A private car passenger was 'in-
Mr. Wilson said that Capt. Bray- field. Capt. Anderson and Mr. Swan were remaining on the ship until further notice.
DOCTORS DIFFER
AT INQUEST
Metal Worker's Death
A doctor and a pathologist ex- pressed different views at a Cam- berwell inquest about the death of Robert Henry Collingridge. 60 a metalworker, of Dante-street. Wal-
worth.
Dr. Benzion Kounine said that Collingridge first came under his attention in 1930 suffering from chronic bronchitis, miocardial de- generation and dilatation of the lunga. He agreed, he put on the death certificate "silicosis of the lungs and heart failure."
The Coroner. Mr. A. Douglas Cowburn: Do you not know that all these cases have to be investi gated in a coroner's court? Why did you not let us know?—I did not know it had to be investigated. "Then you had better go home and read your forensic medicin said the coroner.
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Dr. Cedric Keith Simpson, pa- thologist, said that there was no miocardial degeneration and no silicosis. The cause of death was Sarabi and Wuchow chronic bronchitis with pulmonary Shanghai and Japan emphysema and right-sided heart Dairen failure. This was consistent with
For SKIN TROUBLES of the House of Commons and La jured when his vehicle overturned. Inhalation of an irritant, dust.
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One lorry passenger was injured through falling from a moving motor lorry.
bour Peers is expected to visit Spain early next year in responce to an invitation by the Spanish Republican Government. it 15 Of the 49 accidents. 24 were col- learned in parliamentary circles-isions between vehicles: 14 were
Transocean.
collisions between vchleles and pedestrians; and 11 accidents were due to other causes.
WORTH £10,000
But Died In Misery
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Although possessing 23,000 shares in gold-mining companies worth £10,000, Kenneth Kemp, an 80- year-old recluse, died in misery in
a shanty in Johannesburg.
It is stated that until recently he slept on a tattered mattress
stuffed with bank-notes
many thousands of pounds.
worth There
La reason to believe that he buried the money some time ago.
The jury returned a vedict of Ho ha accidental death and agreed with the evidence of Dr. Simpson.
WEATHER REPORT
HONG KONG ROYAL OBSERVATORY
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10 a.m., Dec. 24. Barometer (at sea level), 30.03
Type of Vehicles Involved. Private motor car
No.
23
Motor lorry
18
14
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7
3
Wind Direction, East.
Public motor car.... Motor bus Motor cycle
Tram-car
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RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO BE RE-OPENED
Shanghai, Dec. 24.
A Japanese army spokesman an- dounced that the residential areas outside the western defence sector in Shanghai will be re-opened sometime in January as soon as the necessary policing arrange-
1.
Temperature, 71 F.;
Humidity, 79 per cent,
Wind Force (Beaufort), 1. Temperature; maximum rester- day, 68 F.
Temperature;
night, 63 F
minimum last
Rainfall for 24 hours, ending 10th day, nil.
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DATE and TIME
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Africa,
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Samahui and Wuchow Swatow and Shing Fort Bayard and *Haiphong
THURSDAY Sestow and Shangh ti
Total rainfall, since January 1, Swatow and Baugh k 82,49 ins.
It is not known how Kernp made
Against an average of 84.90 ins. this money. He had been in Afrien
Sunset to-night, 5.45 p.m. for many years, roaming apparent-
Sunrise, to-morrow. 7.00 am. ly, aimlessly about the country.
4 D., Dec. 24. In his passport. was found a
Barometer, (at sea level), 29.95. newspaper cutting recording thements are completed. The areas departure of Sir Edward and Lady will be under Japanese controlled Temperature, es. Humidity, 80. Kemp from London for Canada in Chines police. The spokesman Wind Direction, WSW. Wind Force also announced that negotiations (Beaufort), 4. Maximum tempera- ture, 78. Minimum temperature, 84, Sir Edward Kemp was a member were in progress for the "transfer
the Imperial War Cabinet in of patrol duties from foreign units Rainfall, nfl 1918. He was born in Canada in manring the defence sectors. 1958.
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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE
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